O Porco Dançarino

This film was included in the three DVD set "Saved From the Flames"--a collection of mostly ephemeral movies that have managed to avoid turning to powder, catching fire or melting--something that usually happened with the nitrate film stock used up through the 1950s.

According to the notes for this film, the Dancing Pig routine was common on stage and it was filmed for several different companies--in this case Pathé-Frères. I have not seen any of the other versions, but was amazed at this short film--mostly because the pig costume was amazing to see. While it didn't look like a real pig (after all, pigs aren't over six feet high nor do they wear clothes and dance like people), it didn't look like a cheap old costume. Heck, it was better than what I'd expect a lot of companies today! Seriously.

The film consists of the pig performing alone and with a pretty woman. There really isn't much plot, but it's a pretty cool film--one that should STILL grab your attention today.

Le cochon danseur is a movie that you will like it or hate it.

In my opinion, the director choose to abuse the special effects to try to cover the plot holes, a bad practice that we will end seeing in movies like Transformers. In fact, I bet Michael Bay wouldn't exists if it weren't for this movie and his superb pig costume.

Otherwise, the acting is superb. The girl is Oscar Material, but it didn't exist at that time.

The music does create a mysterious environment and that helps to set the tone for this bizarre super-production.

Just give it a chance, it won't leave you indifferent.

Making the man a pig suggests that the woman is the victim of the man's vileness but the pig seems to be an OK guy while the woman initially rejects him, then kicks and humiliates him and gets him to obey her order to dance with her a number, naked. "Poor pig", we think, but behind the stage his lecherousness comes to light when he makes suggestive facial expressions to the audience. So is he completely stupid to think he will score with that woman after what just happened? Is the message that men are stupid pigs that women can easily play with if they want to? No. Because if you pay attention the pig wears the tuxedo again that she ripped off his body earlier. So either this shows him before he went out on stage meaning it is a flashback, or it plays some time later before he is actually about to kick it off with her after the rocky start. Either way it shows that he's a pig alright and had it coming.

This 1907 footage is currently considered "Scary" because of the pig which has a pretty decent costume by the standards of that time but to some people it looks Horrendous and Scary but not me!.

The Footage is about a pig dancing with a woman, simple as that, but what stands out is the gloomy ending with the pig's face at that moment if it looks a bit disturbing.

It is assumed that the pig makes these expressions because he ate the woman for humiliating him in some scenes and it is a not so far-fetched response because we see him with a macabre laugh while touching his belly, although it is at the discretion of each person.

The Pig's costume is quite Good for the Standards of that time since at that time they used to wear somewhat fake and comical costumes but here the Costume is Realistic and their expressions look too good to be a simple costume.

This Footage is quite entertaining since we see the pig dancing while some things happen but let's say that the Ending is not so friendly.

This short itself is memorable because of how Bizarre it is and because of its ending, which I already said is a bit terrifying, but that does not mean that this is a great film!.

For everything I said above "Le Cochon Danseur" receives an 8.

A lovely short film, reminding the flavor of vaudevil, fragment of a lost time , one the little love stories beginning as desire to conquest the beautiful lady, becoming manipulated by her,representing mixture of humor- not so soft- and nostalgia , a seductive story about a pig as part of a kind of parable and a decided woman using it in not the most delicate proposition. Short - pure gem.